17-2-123 - Full-time master in certain counties.
17-2-123. Full-time master in certain counties.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in any county having a metropolitan form of government and having a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court judges of such county may appoint a full-time master to serve as a judicial officer in the absence of any of such judges.
(b) A master appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be an attorney licensed to practice law by this state and in good standing with the board of professional responsibility.
(c) The compensation for a master appointed pursuant to this section shall be fixed by the presiding judge of the judicial district and shall be paid from any fund appropriated for such purpose by the county governing body.
(d) The master shall have all the powers specified in § 17-2-118 and the powers granted to masters by Tenn. R. Civ. P. 53.
[Acts 1998, ch. 880, § 1.]